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In a study that offers a lively account of eighteenth-century life through the perspective of one of its greatest eccentrics, Horace Walpole, George Haggerty opens a window onto both the history of masculinity in the eighteenth century and the codification of friendship as the preeminent value in Western culture.  Haggerty’s new book Horace Walpole’s Letters: Masculinity and Friendship in the Eighteenth Century (2011), argues that the letters are themselves one of the greatest literary accomplishments of the eighteenth century, and, in an interview with us, details why.  Distinguished Professor of English at University of California-Riverside and one of the most [...]

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Priscilla Archibald’s new book, Imagining Modernity in the Andes (2011), deals with the intersection of projects of modernity and cultural representation in the Andes through the lens of Peruvian novelist and anthropologist Jose Maria Arguedas.  Her study charts the social, cultural, and intellectual transformations that took place in the Andes throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Silvia Spitta, Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College calls Archibald’s book “an outstanding work that will undoubtedly prove to be a major contribution to Andean studies,” and we enthusiastically agree.  Archibald, who has written extensively on Andean culture and is [...]

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Daniel Shapiro is the translator of Cipango, published by Bucknell University Press in 2010.  The book has received outstanding exposure, including a starred review in Library Journal, a review by translator Edith Grossman in The American Poetry Review, and additional coverage in publications including Hispamérica, The Quarterly Conversation, and World Literature Today. Shapiro is Director of Literature at the Americas Society in New York, and Editor of Review:  Literature and Arts of the Americas.  He is also the author of the poetry manuscript “The Red Handkerchief,” now seeking a publisher. —————————————————————- How did you first encounter Tomás Harris’s poetry and [...]

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What is a canon and why does it matter?  Author Joan L. Brown, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish at the University of Delaware, attempts to answer these complex and loaded questions in her recent book Confronting Our Canons: Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century, published in 2010 by Bucknell University Press. Brown’s lucid and gripping account of the myth of “the canon” in the contemporary University—including its very real consequences—has earned the highest recommendation from CHOICE as a four-star “fundamental book.” According to David T. Gies, Commonwealth Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia, the book [...]

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BUP would like to recognize our director, Greg Clingham, who is currently featured in an interview on the Bucknell University homepage. Greg’s piece is part of a series entitled “Ask the Experts,” a weekly discussion with a University faculty or staff member on pertinent issues, both within the campus community and the greater global population. In an analysis of the future of the publishing industry, with emphasis on the recent growth of electronic publications, he attempts to reconcile the seemingly divergent realms of print and electronic publishing, recognizing that the academic world relies upon their interconnectivity. Greg states — despite [...]

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Books touch every aspect of our lives, and the business of making books can be as interesting, diverse and thought provoking as life itself. This blog is about the unusual and the surprising in the everyday world of academic publishing, about the unexpected cultural, social and artistic realms opened for our consideration, and about the remarkable ways in which our authors and their books enable us to engage in a world far beyond the boundaries of our historic and picturesque Pennsylvania town.

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